The Interview Podcast
Conversations with people shaping our world. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider.
Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider.
We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs.
Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time.
How does it work? Well, at the BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you.
It’s your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the BBC, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world.
Get in touch with us on emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
Episodes to download
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Ishaq Dar: Pakistan's power struggle
Wed 2 Dec 2020
A former finance minister is trying to rally opposition to Imran Khan's government
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Anthony Gardner: How will Joe Biden handle foreign policy?
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Are there lessons to be learned from Trump's disruption of foreign policy norms?
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Gedion Timothewos: Is Ethiopia sliding into civil war?
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ethiopia’s Attorney General
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Jeremy Hunt: Britain's battle with Covid-19
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the UK and its leader?
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David Nabarro: How can countries minimise Covid damage?
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation’s special envoy for Covid-19
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Pawel Jablonski: Why is Poland blocking the EU's budget?
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Poland's deputy foreign minister discusses his government's standoff with the EU
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Judit Varga: How far is Hungary prepared to go in its defiance of the EU?
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's Justice Minister Judit Varga
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Arancha Gonzalez: How much influence does the EU have?
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Is a Joe Biden victory good news for the European Union?
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HR McMaster: Trump and the transition
Fri 13 Nov 2020
HR McMaster served as President Trump's National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2018
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Jack Kingston: What is next for Trump?
Wed 11 Nov 2020
We return to Trump Campaigner Jack Kingston following the election
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Leopoldo Lopez: An opposition leader in exile
Mon 9 Nov 2020
Has he lost faith in the Venezuelan opposition's ability to win their struggle?
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Jacob Bleacher: Putting astronauts back on the moon
Wed 4 Nov 2020
Is space exploration a potential lifeline or a massive vanity project?
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Perez Hilton: The 2000s' gossip-in-chief
Mon 2 Nov 2020
Gossip is as old as the hills, but has the age of the internet put it on steroids?
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Dominique Schnapper on secularism in France after Samuel Paty's killing
Wed 28 Oct 2020
Dominique Schnapper heads a council which advises the French government on secularism
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Peter Frankopan: Can history offer us any lessons on the coronavirus pandemic?
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the historian and bestselling author
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Jack Kingston: Can Trump win?
Wed 21 Oct 2020
The polls consistently say Trump is in trouble. Is there reason to think they are wrong?
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Jim O'Neill: Is this a time for governments to be bold?
Fri 16 Oct 2020
A British economist explains why he thinks big measures are needed to revive growth
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Rob Schenck: Can Trump still count on the religious right?
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Will the evangelical Christian right still give Donald Trump their support?
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Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Has the former actor, elected in April 2019, been able to deliver on his pledges?
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Narendra Taneja: How well has India handled the coronavirus crisis?
Fri 9 Oct 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the national spokesman for India's ruling BJP
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Joe Henrich: Is Western society 'weird'?
Wed 7 Oct 2020
A Harvard professor argues the West's cultural power has skewed our view of normality
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James Rebanks: Sustainable food in a growing world
Mon 5 Oct 2020
Are this shepherd's ideas for more sustainable farming compatible with affordable food?
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Leroy Logan: How hard is it to root out discrimination in the police?
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Leroy Logan was one of London's top black policemen until his retirement seven years ago
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Paolo Gentiloni: Can Europe's economy recover?
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the European Commissioner for the Economy
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Yusef Salaam: How to reform the US criminal justice system
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Poet and activist Yusef Salaam on the chance of real change in the US justice system
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Leonid Volkov: What next for Russia's opposition?
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Alexey Navalny's chief of staff discusses the future of the anti-Putin political movement
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Thomas Chatterton Williams: Race, identity and power
Fri 18 Sep 2020
A mixed-race American writer who challenges the so-called 'woke' culture
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Rafael Grossi: Is the world's nuclear watchdog being undermined?
Wed 16 Sep 2020
We speak to the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Douglas Ross: Can the new Scottish Conservative leader preserve the UK?
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Polls suggest more and more Scots want out of the United Kingdom - can Ross preserve it?
